Maple: I Bit the Dragon to Death

Katarina: "@Akame, shameless bastard."

"Pfft."

Cecilia couldn't help but laugh softly.

Though she didn't quite understand, the atmosphere made her want to laugh.

Sanjat: "Hello, everyone. My name is Cecilia Schariac. Thank you all for the invitation."

First Prince: "You said you were invited?"

Akame: "Curious."

Katarina: "Is there some inside story here? Why was I forcibly dragged in while Cecilia was invited?"

Lightning Dragon Slayer: "You can tell from the name that she's a girl. Don't you know what Ling Yuan is like? He even takes a kid with him when he goes out."

Ling Yuan: "??? I'm telling you, don't slander me! Xiao Fei is my Contract Beast! We were purely..."

Akame: "Go on. Why did you stop?"

Ling Yuan: "@Akame, don't push me. If you push me too far, I'll become your brother-in-law."

Eighth Princess: "???"

Maple: "???"

Katarina: "Why brother-in-law?"

Ling Yuan: "Because her sister has long black hair."

Akame: "What's so good about long hair? It gets in the way of fighting and blocks your vision."

Ling Yuan: "Bald people always claim they're brilliantly intelligent."

Akame: "..."

Sanjat: "Pfft."

Akame: "→_→"

Sanjat: "Ah, um, sorry. I really couldn't hold it in."

Cecilia hurriedly said.

Akame: "It's nothing. I can't blame you for that. @Ling Yuan, how about we spar sometime?"

Ling Yuan: "? You want to fight me one-on-one?"

Akame: "On the condition that you don't use that vicious white dragon."

Ling Yuan: "? You actually called my Belleronus vicious?"

Ling Yuan, who utterly refused to accept this, sent a cute chibi picture of Belleronus.

Ling Yuan: "You clearly haven't seen how terrifying he is. @Sanjat, tell this ignorant girl what level a Judgment-class Honkai Beast is."

Sanjat: "Judgment-class Honkai Beasts are the strongest Honkai Beasts recorded in Destiny's archives. They represent the pinnacle of Honkai Beasts."

Although she was somewhat puzzled, Cecilia still answered.

Ling Yuan: "Its claws shatter the earth, its wings tear apart the sky. The Super Danger Beasts in your world are nothing but little brothers before my Belleronus!"

A quick note.

Um... everyone, if you're going to tip me, can I make a slightly—just slightly—excessive request?

Please don't tip me on QQ Reading. Can we go to Qidian instead? Sob... Qidian takes half, while QQ Reading takes half of that half.

Sob... so much money is just slipping away right in front of me. My heart hurts. (╥Ω╥`)

Akame: "Hmph! Ling Yuan, don't think you can do whatever you want just because you have that dragon. If you've got the guts, ban it. In assassination, you're no match for me at all!"

Ling Yuan: "Is that so? I'll stand still and let you use both hands and feet. One Fairy Law, and wrinkles will crawl all over your face. In the blink of an eye, you'll become a white-haired old granny."

Akame: "..."

Katarina: "This round, Black Pupil suffered a complete defeat."

Eighth Princess: "Black Pupil got completely handled."

While they were talking, Cecilia had already finished absorbing the information about the group chat.

By excavating ruins from the Previous Civilization, Destiny had already advanced far beyond this era.

There was even information on the God's Key, the Key of Eternity: Thousand Realms One Vehicle.

So rather than being surprised by the existence of other worlds, she was somewhat delighted.

Could this... count as my little secret?

Sanjat: "Um, everyone, would you be willing to be friends with me?"

Just as Akame kept arguing and Ling Yuan kept crushing her arguments, Cecilia's message suddenly appeared between them.

For a moment, the entire group chat fell silent.

Ling Yuan: "@Sanjat, of course. You can treat us not only as friends, but as family."

Ling Yuan: "Relying on each other, helping each other, overcoming hardships together—that's the meaning behind this group chat. So, @Sanjat, if there's anything bothering you, say it. We'll help you solve it together."

Akame: "Group Owner, you really have a knack for being sentimental."

Ren Kougyoku's face flushed red. Brother Ling Yuan was amazing.

She also wanted to have the courage to say things like Brother Ling Yuan.

Ling Yuan glanced at the content he had searched up on Baidu, then looked at the message he had sent to the group and nodded in satisfaction.

To be honest, those words were indeed a little cheesy.

On the other side, Cecilia was stunned for a moment.

The only person who had ever been willing to share things with her so openly was Theresa.

But Cecilia also knew that Theresa had actually been placed by Otto to monitor her.

Sanjat: "@Ling Yuan, thank you, Group Owner. You're such a gentle person."

Ling Yuan: "Let me emphasize this again: this is steadfast bravery!"

Sanjat: "???"

Akame: "Ignore him. He's acting up again today."

Maple: "Yay! I successfully conquered the Poison Dragon!"

At that moment, Maple's message caught everyone else's attention.

Ling Yuan: "No yay."

Maple: "?"

Ling Yuan: "Nothing. Practice makes perfect."

Lightning Dragon Slayer: "@Maple, your world has dragons too? I misjudged you. I didn't expect you to possess the strength to defeat a dragon."

Ling Yuan: "@Lightning Dragon Slayer, don't jump to conclusions yet. @Maple, tell him how you defeated the Poison Dragon."

Seeing Ling Yuan's message, Laxus had a bad feeling.

Maple: "With my mouth."

Katarina: "What do you mean, with your mouth? Was it a roar like Laxus and the Group Owner use?"

Maple: "No. I mean I bit the Poison Dragon to death with my mouth."

Katarina: "!!!"

Lightning Dragon Slayer: "??!"

Laxus was dumbfounded. What the hell did she mean, bit it to death?

Good lord, he had relied on a Dragon-Slaying Magic Crystal to develop his strength to this point.

He still hadn't achieved the Dragon Force Mode the Group Owner had mentioned.

Yet she had simply bitten one to death?

It completely overturned his worldview!

Lightning Dragon Slayer: "You bit a dragon to death? What kind of teeth and bite force do you have?"

After his confusion came deep disbelief.

Ding! Group member Maple uploaded a memory copy.

Without hesitation, everyone downloaded it.

Seeing everyone else download it, Cecilia, who had just joined the group, downloaded it too out of curiosity.

But the moment she did, she froze.

An unfamiliar scene appeared before her.

In the scene, a girl wearing beginner equipment used her poison-resistant and paralysis-resistant body, along with her sharp teeth, to bite a three-headed Poison Dragon to death.

Then she ate it until only bones remained...

The scene was extremely brutal. Fortunately, the blood was pixelated like data.

After watching the memory copy, the group members all felt unwell.

Katarina: "I'm numb. Compared to the Poison Dragon, I think you're more like the monster!"

Maple: "Sister Katarina, even I would be sad if you said that."

Eighth Princess: "S-So scary. Sister Maple looks so cute, but seeing her smile as she ate such a huge Poison Dragon... I really can't accept it!"

Lightning Dragon Slayer: "I need to redefine the word 'cute.'"

Akame: "You clearly look human, yet you fight like a beast. @Maple, I have to admit it—you're terrifying."

Even she could never compare to that way of eating.

Cecilia's mouth fell slightly open.

Even she had been stunned by the scene she had just witnessed.

Just what kind of people were in this group?

That single scene completely refreshed everyone's understanding of Maple.

Maple: "Huh? Isn't that how games are supposed to be played? Other than having pretty good teeth, I don't have any other means of attack."

Maple felt quite innocent too.

Before playing "NEWWORLD ONLINE," she had never played a game before.

And Risa, who had invited her to play, had no time to play with her because of homework.

What was she supposed to do without anyone to guide her? She could only figure things out herself.

But her equipment was just too bad, so it was worse than using her teeth...

Thus, the legend of her inhuman nature was born.

But it had to be said—

This game's freedom was truly insane.

It actually allowed players to become bugs through their own actions without relying on external help.

Everyone: "..."

Faced with Maple's answer, everyone was left speechless.

It seemed... there was nothing wrong with it.

Ling Yuan: "Ahem, everyone, listen to me."

Ling Yuan: "We can't judge by appearances, and games are the same. Maple merely developed a new style of play. Our usual understanding is that we clear levels with swords and blades, but no one ever said we can't level up this way. Maple's attitude of breaking conventions and restrictions is worth learning from!"